Southern Ohio PGA Section to lead Junior Golf Clinic

The Southern Ohio PGA Section will have 10 PGA Professionals at the Longaberger Golf Club practice range to provide instruction for the approximately 50 youths from eight area youth organizations scheduled to attend.

NASHPORT, Ohio (PGA.com) -- The PGA of America and the Southern Ohio PGA Section will team to present a Junior Golf Clinic on Tues., June 22, at 3 p.m. EDT, in conjunction with the 37th PGA Club Professional Championship at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio.

The clinic, conducted at Longaberger Golf Club's practice range, will feature approximately 50 youths from eight area youth organizations from Columbus, Dayton and Zanesville. The Southern Ohio PGA Section will have 10 PGA Professionals on hand to provide instruction. Guest instructors include defending PGA Club Professional Champion Tim Thelen of Richmond, Texas; Southern Ohio PGA President Gary Dixon of Dornoch Golf Club in Delaware, Ohio, and Longaberger Golf Club Director of Golf Danny Ackerman.

Mike Crotty, head professional at Safari Golf Club in Powell, Ohio, and District 5 PGA Director, will serve as master of ceremonies. Crotty was winner of the 1991 PGA Junior Golf Leader award.

The CPC Junior Clinic features young men and women from The First Tee of Columbus, The First Tee at Cooks Creek; Central Ohio Junior Golf Association, Morty's Kids, the Zanesville Golf Association; City of Columbus Junior Golf Program and the Dayton Youth Golf Academy.

The clinic will feature in-depth instruction in driving, iron shots, bunker play, chipping and pitching and putting geared for the intermediate to advanced junior golfer.

The 37th CPC opens Thursday at Longaberger, and will be televised live by The Golf Channel, Thursday through Sunday, June 24-27, to more than 58 million viewers in the United States and Canada.

"The PGA of America takes pride in the expertise of our member professionals and we are pleased to be presenting some of our finest instructors from our host Section at the CPC Junior Clinic," said PGA of America President M.G. Orender. "Thanks to the initiative of many of our members, more young people have found a passion to enjoy golf for generations to come."

The PGA of America, founded in 1916, is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the game of golf while continuing to enhance the standards of the profession. The Association is comprised of more than 28,000 men and women PGA Professionals who are dedicated to growing participation in the game of golf.

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